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Newspaper
Gloucester Advocate
Location
Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jun 13, 1947
Page
3
A local exchange escalates as members of the Floating Population defend their name and accuse Mr Reichert of bluster. They defend dog nuisance complaints against a blacksmith, defend their council action, and invite Reichert to visit, while noting no further correspondence will be accepted.
At the A.M.L.P. Society annual meeting in Sydney Deputy Chairman Mr C H Hoskins reports life insurance written for 1846 reaching £58,400,000, exceeding the prior record by £19,700,000. Death and maturity claims exceed £8,000,000, with over £564,000 in war claims and over £5,000,000 paid for war claims. Interest rates fell from 5/14/11 in 1930 to £3/17/5 in 1946, yet the Board remains optimistic about future operations. Reversionary bonuses of about £6,000,000 to be distributed.
A large audience attended W. E. Sparke Ger. Pty Ltd cattle sale on Thursday, selling 650 head of fat and store cattle. Forward springing cows and heifers were in strong demand with prices generally steady. Numerous buyers from local and outside areas purchased steers, cows, and heifers across many consignors including Lindsay Laurie, H. W. Laurie, J. A. Floss Est, Mrs Swan, Farley Bros, and others with prices listed per head.
A long OCR fragment records buyers and items including cows bulls heifers and ponies with various prices and lot numbers. Names such as Laurie Deards O Bry an Paterson and others appear alongside individual animals and pricing like 10/5 4/11 6/18/6 and 7/8/6, indicating a detailed sale listing.
Pitt, Son & Badgery Ltd. disclose 2578 cattle yarded with improved weights and firmer to dearer prices. Est. into A H Capel and Barra set steers to 28 pounds 14 shillings, average 15 13 3. Vealers to 15 12, average 13 5 11. Saville Capertree 15 vealers to 12 5, average 11 5 3. Monie Barrabs 11 steers to 28 1, average 17 12 10. Winchcombe Carson Lt notes 2587 cattle yarded, market very strong. best vealers to 3 pounds, heifers to 35, bulls to 98, cows to 42, steers to 61 per 100 pounds.
Manning Hospital board members flagged a stricter approach to debt collection after a government commission urged recovery of unpaid ex-patients fees. President F D Garatan said the secretary should contact debtors and sue if necessary, stressing no moral obli gation excuses nonpayment and urging public awareness of the board’s duty to recover legally owed funds.
The Newcastle to Kempsey transmission lines are reportedly used to transfer emergency power from St Clarence River County Council to Newcastle to aid Sydney. Chief Engineer J A Inglis said daily emergency supply to Newcastle relieves Sydney, with most generation from hydro at Nymbadda at 72.3 percent, Lis more 116 and 16.1 percent from Newcastle.
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